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The schedule of games for the Preliminary Round competition at the 27th FIBA Asia Championship to be played in Manila,Philippines from August 1-11, 2013 has been announced.

Reigning champions China will take on fellow East Asian team arch rivals Korea, with Jordan the silver medalists of the last edition at the 26th FIBA Asia Championship at Wuhan (China) in 2011 lining up against Chinese Taipei on the opening day of the competition.

Globe Telecom’s Customer Service Innovation on Social Media was declared the winner in the Best in Customer Service Initiative category at the Asia Communication Awards, a testament to the company’s commitment to deliver superior customer experience complementing the company’s modernized network.

The award is in recognition of the company’s well-designed and successfully implemented social media strategy geared at significantly changing the way the company provides customer service through Twitter to deliver its promise of providing meaningful and personalized customer service. This enabled the brand to proactively build lasting relationships with customers through their social networks, and allow Globe to differentiate itself from competition by creating an avenue for honest and sincere communication over this uncharted space.

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Maria Sharapova believes rival Serena Williams should not comment on matters outside of tennis as she criticised the American ahead of Wimbledon.

Defending Wimbledon champion Williams was forced to apologise for what she was reported to have said about the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Ohio. 

"I was sad to hear what she had to say about the whole case," Sharapova said.

Contrary to his earlier statements, Juan Manuel Marquez said he'd consider fighting Manny Pacquiao again.

But Marquez will only approve a fifth clash on one condition: that it will be staged in Mexico.

“We offered that to Team Pacquiao and they rejected it,” Marquez claimed in Lance Pugmire’s LA Times report.

The Miami Heat clinched their second successive National Basketball (NBA) championship on Thursday (Friday in Manila), beating the San Antonio Spurs 95-88 in the decisive seventh game of an epic series.

Miami's LeBron James, the sport's biggest star playing at the peak of his powers, had a game-high 37 points and pulled in 12 rebounds in a dominant performance while Dwyane Wade had 23 points.

James shot 12-of-23 from the floor, including 5-of-10 three-pointers to lead Miami to their third NBA title and his second just two nights after the Heat's championship defence almost ended abruptly.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS SCORERS: 

Tim Duncan - 24 pts / Kawhi Leonard - 19 pts / Manu Ginobili - 18 pts  / Tony Parker - 10 pts 

 / Danny Green - 5 pts / Gary Neal - 5 pts  / Boris Diaw - 5 pts / Tiago Splitter - 2 pts 

Miami Heat retained the NBA championship by drubbing San Antonio Spurs, 95-88, in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. 

Behind an inspired effort from reigning MVP LeBron James, the Miami Heat became the the sixth different franchise in league history to win back-to-back championships by holding off the San Antonio Spurs, 95-88, in Game 7 NBA Finals.